The age, race, education, and marital status of research participants are all variables that cannot be controlled by an experimenter. Yet, these variables could alter the participants' actions in an experiment. Psychologists call these variables:

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Subject variables are characteristics of participants that cannot be manipulated by the experimenter but may influence the outcome of the experiment.

The Age, Race, Education, and Marital Status of Research Participants